We are happy to announce the winner of the 2013 Exeter Prize for
the best paper published in the previous calendar year in a peer-reviewed
journal in the fields of Experimental Economics, Behavioural Economics and
Decision Theory.

The
winner is Daniel
Friedman and Ryan Opera for their paper “A
Continuous Dilemma” bypublished in American Economic Review.

This
paper is an excellent complementary use of theory and experiments that
significantly adds to our understanding of one of the fundamental problems in
game theory. It is an important study that will stand the test of time.

The winning paper was selected by the panel of Glenn Harrison
(Georgia State University), Izhak Gilboa (Tel Aviv University) and Shmuel Zamir
(Hebrew University and the University of Exeter).

The
winners receive 3000 pounds. In addition, a representative of them will be
visiting the University of Exeter in May to receive the award and give a
lecture.

This
year was exceptionally competitive with a large number of excellent
nominations. As stated above the best paper was awarded from the following
fields: Experimental Economics, Behavioural
Economics and Decision Theory and papers qualified under one of
the following categories: